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India’s Healthcare Diplomacy with Africa reflects Southern Solidarity
December 8 , 2022 Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 117
The tiny African nation Gambia has recently been in the news due to the unfortunate deaths of 70 children from July to September, reportedly connected to four paediatric cough syrups made in India.[1]In September, Gambia's Government opened an investigation into the deaths of children.
Tags : Adama Barrow , Gambia , India Africa , India Gambia Relations , Maiden Pharmaceuticals , Pharmaceutical , Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy
Russia’s Ukraine War and the Concept of Balance of Power since Congress of Vienna
December 7 , 2022 Abhishek Das
Article Views: 309
Prologue
From Congress of Vienna to the beginning of the First World War; Europe survived for nearly a century without a major war like the one it saw ended with the Battle of Waterloo or the one it would see starting in 1914.
Tags : balance of power , Cold War , Crimea , Great Wars , NATO , Russia , Ukraine , Russia , International Relations and Diplomacy
A Quiet Revolution in the Making
December 6 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 336
The RFP and Beyond
On 07 Sept 2022, a Request for Technical and Commercial Proposal (RFP) was issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the design and developmentof 5 lakh secure microchips, 50,000 of which were to be absorbed in the armed forces.
Tags : Bharat Secure Chips , BSC 1 , BSC 2 , Indian microchip industry , Technological and Scientific Studies
Why Securing the Information Domain has become an Urgent Necessity for India?
December 5 , 2022 Tejusvi Shukla
Commentary Views: 510
A Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was conducted in India in October this year. It was led by the External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, on India’s behalf, where he emphasized the increasing usage of emerging technologies, especially social media, for furthering terrorism.
Tags : Counter-Terrorism Committee , Influence Operations , Information Warfare , Jamaat-e-Islami , Kashmir , Militancy , Pakistan , Social Media , Terrorism , United Nations , Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies
North Korea’s ICBM Launch Worrying – Part II
December 5 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 493
Response from Japan
As an immediate neighbour, Japan was alarmed by North Korea’s missile launch. It was concerned as the missile landed about 125 miles from Japan’s coastline. In the preceding months, North Korea’s ballistic missile launches also had reached Japan’s coastline.
Tags : collective self-defence , Haguro , JDP , Komeito , Mayu , missile defence system , NDPG , Yoon Suk-yeol , International Relations and Diplomacy
Israel-Lebanon Maritime Agreement and its regional consequences
December 2 , 2022 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Podcast Views: 737
Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF, discusses "Israel-Lebanon Maritime Agreement and its regional consequences" by assessing the critical dimensions of the historic deal and dissecting the impact of the said agreement in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and West Asian region. 
Tags : Eastern Mediterranean Sea , Israel , Lebanon , US , West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy
Longewala December 1971: If it Was Fought as a Unified Theatre Command Battle
December 2 , 2022 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
Article Views: 947
Longewala- an Opportunity Lost
On 4 December 1971 when Indian forces were advancing into erstwhile East Pakistan, the Pakistanis decided to advance into Rajasthan along Axis Ramgarh – Jaisalmerand beyond.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , Longewala , Theatre command , War for Liberation of Bangladesh , Bangladesh , Defence , Neighbourhood Studies
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